strait and narrow
Way of virtue
The strait and narrow is a morally upright, conventional way of living—avoiding temptation, vice, and trouble.
The phrase comes from a biblical passage about the difficult path to salvation.
Someone who stays on the strait and narrow resists shortcuts and bad influences.
Often heard as "straight and narrow," which has become the dominant spelling despite the original meaning of strait as "narrow" or "constricted."
- way of lifeHabitual manner of living
- walking the lineMaintaining precarious conformity
- righteous pathMorally correct course of action
- wayRoute or method
- pathRoute for traveling
golden rule · rectitude · probity · uprightness · morality · self-denial · virtue · spiritual journey · conventionalism · Beatitudes · repentance · discipleship · Sermon on the Mount · temperance · piety · ethics · meekness · kingdom of heaven
strait and narrowdebauchery
Extreme indulgence in vices
iniquity · depravity · moral turpitude · corruption · wickedness
strait and narrowfast lane
Leftmost highway section
wild side · hedonism · libertinism · life in the fast lane · profligacy
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